The Japan Weather Association attributes the ... Hanami often extends into the evening, with yozakura (night cherry blossoms) illuminated by lanterns and lights, adding a romantic glow to the ...

This breathtaking experience, called Yozakura or 'night sakura,' happens in several places across Japan between March and April, as cherry blossoms reach their peak bloom. Of course, the blossoms ...

According to this updated forecast from March 21, it seems that in most places across Japan, the cherry blossoms will bloom generally around the same time as they have in the past few years ...

But this isn't just any ordinary cherry blossom tree grove; it's also the domain of 97-year-old Tōemon Sano: Japan's most renowned sakuramori (cherry blossom guardian). For more than a millennium ...

Cherry blossom lovers in Japan can now help protect the iconic trees by taking photos with smartphone cameras and tasking artificial intelligence with assessing their health. The service called ...

According to Naoko Abe, cherry blossom expert and author of The Sakura Obsession, skilled sakura arborists have existed in Japan since time immemorial. But thanks to the popularity of the 1970s ...